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This page provides a basic introduction to briefly introduces Unix commands to for HPC users with no without previous knowledge.

Pre-requisites:

• Review this

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• one-hour-long detailed introduction to VIM editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiwGbcd8S7I

• (optional) Familiarity with one unix text editors (for example Vi/Vim or Nano):

  • VIM ( https://bioinformatics.uconn.edu/vim-guide/ ; https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2020/editors/)

  • Nano (https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Support/KB/Docs/BasictutorialforNanou ; https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/42980/the-beginners-guide-to-nano-the-linux-command-line-text-editor/ )

Installing Putty and connecting to the HPC (Windows users; Mac users can directly use the available ‘terminal’ app)

Install Putty:

Installing PuTTY - QUT Media Hub

Connect to the HPC:

Connecting to the HPC with PuTTY - QUT MediaHub

Log into the HPC

ssh userID@lyra.qut.edu.au

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To go to a shared directory for your project named “kenna_team” team, for example type the following command and hit enter:

cd /work/trtp

Display list of files/directories in a directory

ls -lh

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